Macoupin County News

In-fighting has entangled another area law enforcement agency. The Policemen's Benevolent Labor Committee on Tuesday filed an unfair labor practice charge against Macoupin County Sheriff Don Albrecht.

The Policemen's Benevolent Labor Committee filed an unfair labor practice charge Wednesday against Macoupin County Sheriff Don Albrecht.

A Virden police officer shot a pit bull to death Saturday morning after the dog charged a bicycle rider and then the officer.

The weekend shooting of a pit bull by a city police officer was justified, Police Chief Scott Mayeda said Tuesday.

Cool, wet weather followed by heavy rains has put many Illinois farmers behind either in planting corn or soybeans or replanting their crops.

A petition drive aimed at cutting the 29-member Sangamon County Board nearly in half is expected to be announced this week.

Five men are facing charges of robbery and mob action for allegedly taking a cell phone from a victim after kicking and punching him.

Cavallo Bus Lines, based in Gillespie, has operated a shuttle service for state employees who work in Springfield and live in Macoupin County for 40 years.

The teenage State Journal-Register newspaper carrier injured in a dramatic crash near Rochester early Wednesday is improving at Memorial Medical Center.

A 36-year-old rural Brighton man was charged with driving under the influence after losing control of his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, flipping it and then flying through the air, the Illinois State Police ...

New Berlin is exploring the possibility of purchasing water from a nearby rural water system instead of from Chatham's planned new water system.

Adam Proctor carefully tips the round mesh net over a white tray and watches as a few dozen chilled female Culex mosquitoes and a stream of wings, legs and other mangled detached body parts fall out.

A Greenfield man escaped injury Friday when his car smashed into a TV set on the roadway, but a pair from Branson, Mo.

The 4-Warn Weather team expects scattered, isolated storms with the slight risk of severe storms developing late Sunday night and on into Monday.

BPI Energy Holdings, Inc. , an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, production and commercial sale of coalbed methane in the Illinois Basin, today announced that the Twentieth Judicial Circuit ...

“There will be no layoffs involved”

Springfield Coal Co. LLC recently announced that it soon will transfer operations at its Crown III mine to a contractor that has yet to be chosen. via Alton Telegraph

“He ran two miles almost every day”

A 22-year-old Carlinville man died after collapsing while jogging in the city, authorities said. via Alton Telegraph

“A lot of us are starting to feel the crunch”

The Macoupin County Board on Tuesday rejected a push to expand the county's enterprise zone to include Illinois Family Farms. via Alton Telegraph

Davenport flood cleanup costs reach $735,000 University of Iowa foundation donations up Associated Press - May 12, 2008 11:04 AM ET PLAINVIEW, Ill. via WQAD-TV Moline

“During the flood of '93, he hired a helicopter and flew up and down the levees. Every time he'd see some people working on the levees, he'd stop and personally deliver cases of soda to them”

Like many civic leaders of his generation, Nick Maggos was known by his close friends as a quiet, hands-on leader who did as much outside the public eye as he in front of it. via Alton Telegraph